Border for walks



(No Model.)

J. E. CHAPMAN. BORDER. FOR WALKS, &c.

No. 489,792. Patented Jan. 10, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. CHAPMAN, OF SAN J OSE, CALIFORNIA.

BORDER FOR WALKS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,792, dated January10, 1893.

Application filed April 25, 1892- Serial No. 430,623. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs E. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San J os, Santa Clara county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Borders and Conducting-Bases; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to a device which I call a border curb and base.Its object is to provide a permanent curb or border for garden or otherwalks or paths, and to surround beds or inclosures of any description.

It consists in certain details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the figureis a perspective view of a section of my curb and base.

The object of my invention is to provide a permanent curb or borderhaving a horizontal base extending outwardly from the path or walk, ofwhich it forms the border, and the sections of which it is made arecorrugated so as to divert irrigation water outwardly from the path anddirectly into the beds where it is to be used.

A is the vertical and B the horizontal portion of a section of my curband base,thetwo uniting at approximately a right angle at theirjunction. The vertical portion is preferably about four inches in depth,and the horizontal portion about eight inches in width. Both of theinner and outer surfaces are corrugated or channeled, as shown, for thepurpose of giving greater strength and lightness to the sections, andalso to serve on the inner and horizontal portion as channels or guidesby which the water of irrigation or other water falling at this point,will be conducted away from the vertical portion,and discharged into thesoil at some distance from it. The inner angle, Where the parts A and Bmeet, is preferably curved, as shown at O, to give additional strengthto the angle, and the inner surface of the horizontal portion B isslightly inclined outwardly to insure the water flowing away upon it.These sections may be made of any suitable or desired material,preferably of some form of clay or terra cotta baked in the usualmanner. They may be made straight, curved outwardly or inwardly, andalso in sections forming a right angle to be used at corners. They maybe designed for paths orwalks for flower beds, orotherinclosures, andthey form a permanent and easily placed border, the base forming asufficient support to insure the border portion, always standing in avertical position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- As a new article of manufacture, bordertiles consisting of vertical curb sections with exterior and interiorvertical corrugations and a base, the bottom of which extends outwardlyat right angles with the vertical portion, the upper surface meeting theouter vertical face at an angle greater than a right angle, and havingcorrugations formed therein in continuation with the corrugations in theexterior face of the vertical portion, substantially as hereindescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES E. CHAPMAN. Witnesses;

S. H. NoURsE, H. I ASOHECK.

